How would you like to be involved in creating innovative solutions that directly benefit clinical staff and patients within the NHS? In the Informatics Merseyside Development Service, we use a variety of platforms to develop software applications and interfaces, supporting multiple NHS organisations.

We are looking for a well organised and enthusiastic individual, who is a strong problem solver with experience in the integration of clinical systems.

This role will be specifically to support the integration team within the development service, Previous integration experience will be essential, and experience of SQL database management. For more information about this Lead Developer role, and about Informatics Merseyside, we will be hosting a brief and informal virtual session on Microsoft Teams, that you are invited to join.Please email Michael Bland, Head of Development Service (Michael.Bland@imerseyside.nhs.uk)if you would like to be invited to join this session.

What we can offer:

• Hybrid Working
• Role basedtraining.
• Continued personal and professional development.
• A friendly and supportive environment
• Consideration of requests for Flexible working arrangements
• Health and wellbeing services and support
• Access to NHS staff discounts scheme
• Minimum of 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• The opportunity toparticipate in the NHS pension scheme

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of application support to partner organisations and customers and support with the design and development of complex bespoke software applications, including interfaces, databases and other web-enabled and non-web-enabled information systems.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

The objective of the Informatics Merseyside Development Service is to develop digital solutions through collaboration and innovation. We are a high performing team, consistently looking to evolve our best practices, knowledge, and skills to provide innovative digital solutions to our partners and customers.

We are a customer orientated service that is responsive and effective in the delivery of the digital requirements of our Partner Organizations (POs) and Customers in line with local and national IM&T priorities. The Development service provision is required to keep pace with ongoing development of technologies, providing solutions that are interactive for the end user and support changes in models of care delivery within the NHS and the need for agile working. The requirements now are increasingly for advanced custom development capabilities, using an array of platforms, languages and technologies.

The post holder will be responsible for leading the design and development of complex bespoke software applications, including interfaces, databases and other web-enabled and non-web-enabled information systems.

Designs, develops and tests websites and complex bespoke software applications, including databases and other web enabled and non web enabled information systems.

Receives and assesses non-routine and complex enquiries and requests for service from partner organisations and customers.

Analyses partner and customer requirements and evaluates and selects appropriate technical solutions, where there are several technologies.

Provides training and on-going support toDevelopers in web design and development, and in the use of web, software, and integration development technologies.

Manages a variable workload, plans and modifies, often at short notice, a work programme containing complex tasks and activities to ensure that PO requirements are addressed in an appropriate and timely manner.

Person Specification

Values

• Accountability
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Leadership, Finance & IT

• Able to work towards achievement of agreed objectives, assessing, identifying and implementing appropriate approaches without reference to manager
• Able to provide specialist advice and support to colleagues in the web/software development team
• Able to plan and organise activities which may require adjustment due to variable workload / interruptions
• Able to plan and modify as required, programmes of work which will include delegating and supervising the work of developers (entry level and non-senior)
• An ability to undertake intense periods of concentration and ability to multi task, managing interruptions as appropriate, while operating in a dynamic IM&T environment
• Ability to occasionally travel within the North Mersey community

Communication

• Ability to liaise with customers to understand and interpret diverse and non-routine requests
• Ability to explain complex IM&T issues to non IM&T customers
• Ability to communicate detailed IM&T information to colleagues within the Development Team
• Ability to provide application support & training to IM&T and non IM&T staff

Knowledge & Experience

• Significant experience of using Microsoft 365 applications
• Knowledge and experience of development technologies and languages
• Knowledge and experience of development methodologies and development life cycles
• Excellent Problem-solving skills, and a passion for development
• Ability to innovate and provide suggestions for advancement of capabilities. Ability to work to an excellent standard both alone and as part of a team
• Ability to work to an excellent standard both alone and as part of a team
• SQL Server
• SharePoint Online
• C#
• JSON
• React
• Knowledge of Health Level 7 (HL7) or FHIR messaging standards
• Previous Experience in a Development Environment

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Formal Project Management Qualification (PRINCE2 Foundation) or ability to demonstrate substantial experience and success in supporting the delivery of projects
• Formal IT Service Management Qualification (ITIL Foundation)
• Rhapsody Professional Qualification
• SharePoint Online

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.